5/2/2012 Tax implications from a joint shared service agreement as opposed to separate ambulance districts in the Town of Ulysses and the Village of Trumansburg.

Impact of adding northern Covert

Repeated requests (5/18, 5/29, 6/4, 6/5,2012) from the Town of Ulysses were made to the Village asking for information and data the Village considered in making the decision to add the entire Town of Covert to the EMS service area. No response as of 8/2/12 from the Village about:

a map of new coverage area

projected number of calls in new coverage area

date of commencement of service to new coverage area

projected effect on current response time of EMS to calls in Ulysses (particularly the south part of the town)

projected effect on EMS department budget and proportional assignment of cost to each contracting municipality

availability of personnel and equipment and any changes that may be needed

impact if South Seneca EMS service does not remain in operation with the loss of the Covert EMS contract

Areas of concern for the Town of Ulysses

Equal service for equal tax input - Without a joint shared service agreement, the Village residents tax rate is approximately 3 times that of Town residents. See more.

Budget - The Town of Ulysses pays the majority of the EMS costs but has no meaningful input on the EMS or fire budgets.

Covert - The Town of Ulysses has not been provided with data or estimates on how this change will affect service.

Transparency - requests for meeting minutes from the Village have not been answered. Requests to meet with the Village are rarely agreed to.

History of meetings and communications between Village of Trumansburg and Town of Ulysses over EMS